July 23, 2024 - Anastasia Suen

100 Chapatis
by Derek Mascarenhas (Author) and Shantala Robinson (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Simon doesn’t want the baby to come. He was happy with just his mom, dad, and Pappa. Now, Mom and Dad are at the hospital, and Simon and Pappa are waiting for news at home.

Knowing how hard it is to wait, Pappa starts Simon on a project of making one hundred chapatis. They measure the ingredients, knead and roll the dough, and then drop them one by one into a giant frying pan. Soon, Simon is so busy that he forgets to worry. And before they know it, Pappa is frying up the one hundredth chapati . . . and the phone is ringing!

Snippet: “When will the baby come?” Simon asked his pappa.